As a white person, I can’t assume the experience of people of color is just like mine, or that they want to be treated the same way I want to be treated. I need to do the work to understand how they want to be treated—and why. … More Treat Others the Way They Want to Be Treated
We are not to have conflict the way the world has conflict–to exchange angry words or resort to name calling. Nor are we supposed to give up and walk away. When one person has harmed another we have to confront it. But Jesus says, the goal is not vengeance or punishment but reconciliation, restoration, relationship. … More Investing in One Another
Holing ourselves up in ideological bunkers shields us from vulnerable encounters, which are actually the very thing that create connection and overcome loneliness. … More Politics, Vulnerability, and Connection
What if healing really comes when we find the words to lodge our complaints before God, to insist that we are worthy of God’s mercy and love? … More Worthy of Mercy
All of us have ideas about what the future will hold. But what happens when something goes awry with our future stories and we discover that the future won’t be what we had imagined? … More Reimagining the Future
